Woman hospitalized after fire on far Southeast Side

Several volunteer fire departments and Bexar County Emergency Services District 2 respond to a two-story house fire on Flatten Road in Southeast Bexar County, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. The volunteer departments on the scene were Harmony, China Grove and Gardendale.

Photo By JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-News

Several volunteer fire departments and Bexar County Emergency Services District 2 respond to a two-story house fire on Flatten Road in Southeast Bexar County, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. The volunteer departments on the scene were Harmony, China Grove and Gardendale.

Photo By JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-News

Several volunteer fire departments and Bexar County Emergency Services District 2 respond to a two-story house fire on Flatten Road in Southeast Bexar County, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. The volunteer departments on the scene were Harmony, China Grove and Gardendale.

A woman was hospitalized this morning after her home on the far Southeast Side burned down.

Fire crews arrived at the scene around 9:15 a.m. to find the home in the 14000 block of Flatten Road in flames. Harmony Fire Chief Rodney Schlather said there were at least four people inside, but all made it out of the home. One woman was taken to an area hospital by ambulance, but Schlather could not immediately say why.

Multiple neighbors on the scene said the woman had a seizure. Dino Murillo, the woman's neighbor, said he saw her going back into her house to try and save her belongings, including her TV and pets. Murillo said he tried to stop her from going into the house because he feared for her safety. He said she was visibly upset, and fell down and had a seizure.

Neighbors on scene complained of the time it took fire crews to arrive after they called 911. Irma Ramirez said she called when the fire was still small and only in the back of the house.

“By the time they made it out an hour later, the whole thing was on fire,” Ramirez said.

Schlather said it took fire crews about eight minutes to get to the fire after they received a call from dispatchers.

“When you're in an emergency situation, time flies fast,” he said.

The house was a total loss. Fire crews are still working to determine the cause of the fire, Schlather said.